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Life goes on

12:01:00 am



A little bit after going back to Indonesia, I went to one of my best friend's wedding in Samarinda, Borneo. A short trip and a reunion. I haven't meet them for almost 4 years, and I was so glad I could make it. It was a month ago though, but I still feel happy for my friend and her husband. :) all the best wishes for both of them.




shirt: ggshop | outer: Le Muse | pants: H&M | bag: Kol Me Baby | Shoes: Nokha

After my little reunion with my ESMOD friends, I have to go back to Tokyo for family emergency issues, so yeah, I'm back in Tokyo. My plan on working got postponed for several months. I was kinda excited to start working, but let just say God wanted me to have longer holiday. I will write some post about Tokyo, so stay tuned!


So far, I've been wandering around Harajuku and Omotesando since my apartment is in Aoyama, and I only need 10-15 minutes walk to Omotesando. Got to spend time in the hospital for some time too, so I haven't roaming around other area. It's not me who got admitted to the hospital, but one of my family member.





There are some things I noticed after going in and out of the hospital for two weeks. It's so different from hospital in Jakarta. The patients are free to roam around, like sitting in the lounge, go down to buy their own snack in the convinience store at 2nd floor, and having visitor(s) in the lounge area. The nurse have to see you drink the medicine before they proceed to take your blood pressure and your temperature. The food menus change everyday and they actually balance the diet (they put your name and room number on each tray to make it feel more personal). And we have to put back the tray ourselves, this is one of the nicest point, like you still have to be independent. LOL.


shoes by Nokha

Next I will update more about my first journey to Gotemba, so stay tune!


xoxo
Anastasia


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2016

Five Things I'm Grateful For

3:00:00 am

Hello from Jakarta! \(≧∇≦)/ Yes, I'm officially on my summer break, so I go back to my hometown. This time I don't want to post about outfit or sponsored post, I just want to share some thought that I think important to share.


I don't remember if I have said this before, but lately I think I'm not really as motivated as other fashion blogger to actually snap some pictures and update my blog on daily basis. Rather than that, I'm really into my school project and enjoying my life, and keep myself updated with worldwide news. I'm still working on my motivation in continuing my writing hobby as a blogger, so maybe I'm not going to be a (exclusively) fashion blogger. That's it. I will post more of OOTD in my instagram, so please follow me there. (• ˆ⌣ˆ •)


As for this post, it's inspired by my grandpa. Physically, he's kinda weak, but he's 100% healthy. He was depressed, and it affected him greatly. He lost the will to live, to go out, to watch TV, or to read newspaper. We live seperately 5 years ago, and we were too busy with our lives to actually go visit my grandparents. The differences is, my grandma is the high-spirited kind of person, with a lot of motivation to actually travel a lot. So she usually go to our house and stay with us for two or three months before she goes back to her house. After we finally found out about his condition, we decided to make him stay with us and we tried so hard to make him healthier. We go to psychologist, we literally fatten him up with healthy food and dessert, we bring him along to go out. He's improving a lot these past 5 years, but still, something is wrong.


As for these two years, I'm not able to accompany him and watch the improvement. But from the news I heard, he keeps talking negatively, like he wants to die quickly and all. We always scold him when he says that, or when he tries to reduce his diet portion, or when he doesn't practice walking. But it seems he never really listen to everything we said. Until lately, I think about this.


He's an atheist. Well, it's not about having a religion, but having faith. A faith of God. And he doesn't have faith of God. He never learn how to give thanks. I know that not all people with faith have this habit of saying thanks, as it's easier for us to see what we don't have, it's easier to see the negative side. It's as if we, human, are born to see the negativity of the world. It's easier for us to remember the fault others did to us, to see other people wrong-doings, to see the imperfection. Don't bother to object, as I too, once, always look at the negative side of every damn things. I know how it feels to be a pessimist, an always-see-the-negative-side kind of person.


I never feel satisfied, I always feel something is missing. I envy others who are more than me; more beautiful, kinder, richer, smarter, and so on. I always easily find what others have, but I don't have. I keep comparing myself and others, in the wrong way. I compare what I don't have with what they have. The result? I never feel the peace, my inner peace. I never satisfied with my academic score. I hate it when my little sister got praises, but I don't. I got jealous when I heard that my friends parents gave them more attention that my parents did me. All those things made me complain everyday. They made me get further away from actually saying my thanks. It's as if, God doesn't love me, never give me what I want. But, then I realized, it's not the case. It's me who see it the wrong way.


Fortunately for me, I got my church community friends who back me up, who support me, and make me learn how to be a better person. They told me to think and write 5 things I'm grateful for right before I go to bed, and say them in my prayer. It didn't change me instantly. I kept doing that 5-things-I'm-grateful-for notes for one year, before I actually can say them instantly in my pray. After that, it's easier to add more thanks everyday, and more frequently too. If on the first and second year I only say my thanks before I go to sleep, on the third year, I can say my thanks whenever I want to.


It's all started with the most basic and simple things. I give thanks for my new life, a new day, a new chance to learn how to be a better person, I still got complete and healty body, I can see, I can smell, I can move my body without any difficulties. I still have my bed, I still have house, I'm provided with food and money. I have my family with me, I still have a lot of clothes. I'm protected from the evil, I  can go to school, I can breath a fresh air (and free too), I still have good friends.. Simple things like that..


And gradually, it change more into others, rather than only me. I began to say my thanks that my parents are still alive and healthy, I can still fight and make up with my little sisters, my parents can work, my family are protected, that we can still go back home everyday, that my family is healthy, that my parents actually care for me to actually work hard to make sure I have everything that I need, that we can still go on vacation...


and more complicated things... Things that I saw as something to complain about, changed into something I can say my thanks... I finally can keep saying my thanks when I failed my test or competition, I finally can say thanks for being born into my family, into myself even if it's far from perfect. I finally can say thanks when I got into trouble, as I know that God will lead me and shape me into a stronger woman. I finally can say thanks when I'm sad, or feeling lonely.


Saying thanks change me into a person who can see the positive side of why something happened. It calms me greatly. I begin to be able to accept things, to accept my life, even if it's a failure. I begin to be able to stand up when I fall. I begin to be able to do my best on everything, and accept if the result is not as good as I want it to be. I'm not as easy to give up as before. And the most important things, I don't really envy people who achieve more than me, or faster than me. I come to believe that everyone has their own path to success; which length and obstacle vary. I come to believe that if it's not a happy ending, it's not an end, as God will always give the best plan for each of His son and daughter. It made me stronger and more optimistic in my life.


So, back to my grandpa story, I believe when he can say thanks everyday, it will gradually change his set of mind on how to see his life and the world. As his mind changing to be more positive, his will to keep doing his best, to keep trying, and to keep on living will improve greatly. And I do believe that everyone can also do the same! :)


Start your own 5-things-I'm-grateful-for notes and tell me your experiences on comment box below! :)


See you soon!



xoxo
Anastasia




amateur cook

Adjusting well

5:06:00 pm

Hello, everyone! It's saturday already. How's your weekend?
Mine was pretty exciting. My housemate hold a halloween party today, and everyone have to bring their own food and drinks to share. :) I'm going to pop some popcorn tonight.

Anyway, it's my third week here, and i'm adjusting pretty well. Everyone in the house are kind and pretty helpful. I'm glad to choose sharehouse instead of apartment. LOL~

All this time, I've been trying to save up some money so I've been cooking every morning. If you follow me in instagram or happened to befriend me on path, you will see everyday I post my brunch menu. (∩_∩) They're pretty simple and easy to make, and really help me to save some money.

Chicken and veggie

Fish and veggie

Oglio pasta with ham

Lapchiong, egg (should be sunny side up but i'm failed), and veggie.

If you realized something, I always add some veggies in all my food (except the pasta). Yeah, I'm trying to maintain my healthy diet here so I've been craving some fruits and veggies everyday. By the way, do you want the recipe? It's easy to make and won't take too much time to make. Just comment if you want the recipe. :D

The last thing is, I didn't bring my camera nor my tripod to Japan, so I couldn't take outfit photos. I'm really sorry about this. I will search for camera soon, so please be patient. Anyway, I have to go now to prepare the party, so I will see you soon! :D

And please don't forget to follow me at instagram - @anasgch027 (the banner is in the blog) for daily update about my life in Japan. Search the hashtag #anlifeinjapan. If you want to know something regarding Japan, please don't hestitate to comment below. I will try my hardest to share the information for you guys!


xoxo
Anastasia

AnLifeinJapan

My first week

11:52:00 pm



Hi everyone! :D

I finally moved to Tokyo, Japan. \(≧o≦)/ It's unbelieveable actually. Never thought my dream would come true, but really, God always has His own plan. It's been a week since I moved to Tokyo, but I haven't feel like it's real. I still feel like I'm travelling here. Well, since I have to accompany my parent to see around the city, and with my limited japanese skill, I do feel like tourist. XD

Shibuya - Hachiko exit

Rainbow Bridge

Sunset in Odaiba
Imperial Garden

My lazy self inside my hotel room

It's been a busy week since I have to move in and unpack all my things, not to forget all the shopping stuff. I'm glad to have my parents helped me moving in and brought my stuffs to my room. I'm also glad to know that I could do things on my own, like putting the dresser together, brought the bookshelf from the shop to my room on foot. LOL~ Back in Jakarta, I got my driver and my maids to do all the stuff for me. So, I'm glad I moved to Tokyo. I can try to be more independent. :D

Today's lunch at Harajuku


Tokyo is full with Halloween decoration now. Everywhere I go, I always see cute cakes/shop decoration/ice cream/chocolates in halloween themes. Basically they're preparing for the costume party, and I definitely want to see their version of Halloween! :D Gonna update about it after the date!


One thing I regret I left behind was my body pillow. I can't sleep well without it. T^T  All the body pillow here are to short and too cute (like picture above). I really want my body pillow!  (∏ _ ∏) I hope my sister will come soon and bring me my body pillow. Dx

Anyway, before I go to bed, I want to share a little bit of my room and my shopping haul. hihi..



Welcome my paradise - anime merchandise and figurine! Gonna try to seek some with cheap price to complete my collection of figurine back home. I still need naruto figurine (the big one), and some of Kuroko no Basuke figurine (chibi version).

Okay then, until I write again! :D
psstt.... If you want to see more about my daily updates about living in Tokyo, please go to my instagram or dayree. :D



See you again!


xoxo
Anastasia

Daily Life

Start to walk again

12:11:00 am












SEPTEMBER.
It's an important month for me, at least for this year. All of my big event of life happened on this month. I will be a fashion design student at ESMOD on the second week of Sept. I will present my final project on the last week of Sept. There are also some event i excited to attend too, like AFA ID 2013, my parent's anniversary, two of my best friends' birthday, and my dad birthday. I hope this month will bring me luck and happiness due to some happy event this month. Oh, since i will be studying at ESMOD, my parents and i decided to rent a room near the school so i won't take 2-3 hours to go and get back from my school. So yes, this is also one of my big event. haha. I never live on my own actually, so i kinda get excited and nervous to live alone (together with other students actually but still, no parents or siblings). Please wish me luck!





What i wore:
Stripe loose top - Mangga Dua | Dungaree - Topshop
Socks - Japan | Shoes - Decimal Shoes
Necklace - ModCloth


See you next time! Gonna update soon i think.


xoxo
Anastasia


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